Circa 1850 Rococo Paris French porcelain soup tureen, Vieux Paris factory, excellent gilt and pinstripe blue trim outline “panels”, fine handpainted floral panels, four floral bouquets with foliage of various roses, floral sprigs on each end of lid and around handles, great double scrolled open handles and feet, scroll finial handle. Brand - Old Paris.

15” long, 11” tall, 9.5” wide.
Condition – overall excellent, no chips or repairs, one 4" hairline crack in bottom (photo 12), nominal / little gilt wear.         1512

- This is identical form to a covered tureen marked by Philadelphia retail firm William Joseph Kerr China Hall, 191 Chestnut St. This firm is listed in A McElroy’s 1839 Philadelphia City Directory and continues at that address thru the mid-19th century.
- Joseph Kerr established a china business in Philadelphia, PA in 1826 and continued for about a quarter century which then continued with his three sons. A set of “buff china” was ordered by Mary Lincoln in 1865 from the sons – Joseph and James K Kerr’s China Hall for the White House. The bill of sale at that time shows that the JK Kerr’s China Hall was selling English & French china.

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